Today in Pictures, Dec 15, 2017

Babies born with brain damage from the Zika epidemic need lifetime care, portraits of new Zimbabwe’s President pinned up, and other pictures from around the world in Today in Pictures.

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December 15, 2017 at 2:50 PM

A baby born with microcephaly caused by the Zika virus in a rehabilitation center in Recife, Brazil, Sept. 15, 2017. The children most severely affected by Zika face a lifetime of care, new research shows. PHOTO: NYT

An official puts up a portrait of Zimbabwe’s President Emmerson Mnangagwa ahead of a meeting of the ZANU-PF central committee in downtown Harare, Zimbabwe, Dec 14, 2017. PHOTO: REUTERS

Fouad Choaibi works inside a red telephone box from which he runs a smartphone repair shop on Southhampton Row, in central London on Oct 20, 2017. Facing extinction due to ubiquitous mobile phones, Britain's classic red telephone boxes are being saved from death row by ingenious conversions into all sorts of new uses. PHOTO: AFP

James Woods of Great Britain competes in the Men's Ski Slopestyle qualifier during Day 2 of the Dew Tour on Dec 14, 2017 in Breckenridge, Colorado. PHOTO: AFP

US artist Alexander Lacey (R) performs with a lion during the gala of the 40th Monte-Carlo International Circus Festival in Monaco. The City of Paris pledged on Dec 13, 2017, to become a city without wild animals in circuses, without deadline and by sending back to the State the responsibility of a prohibition, a unanimous decision qualified as "small step forward" by the ecologists. PHOTO: AFP

A fire behind a home off Ladera Lane near Bella Vista Drive as efforts continue to fight the Thomas Fire on East Camino Cielo above Montecito, California, USA, Dec 14, 2017. PHOTO: EPA-EFE

Emergency personnel at the crash site of a school bus with a train near Millas and Saint-Feliu-d'Amont, Southern France, Dec 14, 2017. Four children have been killed and at least 19 people are 'seriously injured' after the school bus was 'cut in two' parts when it was hit by the train. PHOTO: EPA-EFE

A mother submerges her child during a swimming lesson, at a swimming pool in a school at al-Mokattam, in Cairo, Egypt. PHOTO: EPA-EFE

French President Emmanuel Macron (2-L) and German Chancellor Angela Merkel (3-L) with other EU Leaders during a family picture of 24 heads of state members of Defense Permanent Structured Cooperation (PESCO) on the side of during European Council meeting in Brussels, Belgium, Dec 14, 2017. EU leaders gather to discuss the most compelling matters in terms of migration, defense foreign affairs, education, culture, social issues and 'Brexit' negotiations. PHOTO: EPA-EFE

A protester dodges a police dyed water cannon during clashes outside the Congress in Buenos Aires, Argentina Dec 14, 2017. PHOTO: REUTERS

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